Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-22
THE YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Description of its Great Wonders and
Beauties.

ed of any upon the natural beauties and
wonders of the great Yellowstone reser.
vation-the fairy land of America He
has lived sometime at Mammoth Hat Spa,
where he is the manager OF the Cottage
hotel, one of the pleasantest houses in the
park, which situated adjacent to the large
hotel.
Mr.. Charles b. Gray of this city who
visited the Yellowstone Park last year
stopped at Mr.. Henderson hotel and he
speaks in the highest terms of Mr. Hen
derson as a landlord and as naturalist
who takes the liveliest interest in making
known the wonders of the great national
park. The pleasures of the visit of Mr.
Gray's party were greatly increased by
Mr.. Henderson.
The most interesting objects in the Vel
lowstone Park are not yet brought to pub
lie notice. They are entirely beyond the
reach of the photographer, and the ordi-
nary tourist is in too much haste to give
them the attention they deserve. The
professional guide is not well enough in.
formed, nor has he the requisite observing
powers to find them and present them in
a way to interest travellers | refer to
that most numerous class of geysers,
which have named the gas.agneous.
The Silver Globe Basin is situated on
half way between the upper and midway
geyser basins. 1t has been frequently
named Biscuit Basin, from the fact that
the terrace of Sapphire Spring is orna-
mented by vast number of beautiful
biscuit-like processes. They are of every
size from that of a small cracker to that
of 10-pound loaf. They are circular and
each has hole punched in the centre,
similar to that often seen in biscuits.
However, the new name is far more APP
propriate, as will be seen from the follow
ing facts There are over 300 not springs,
varying in size, and of all that mum Der
there are but two steam aqueous geysers
that is, gevsers in which the water is
period cally projected into the air by com
pressed steam. All the others are gas
agneous that is to say, subterranean
gases periodically ascend through the
water, in various forms and with varying
degrees of velocity, exploding as soon as
they come in contact with the air
The Silver Globe spring is the most re-
markable of all the various geysers in
this basin, and is the spring from which
the basin derives its name. Rude rustic
seats have been set up in Il semicrce
around the apring. They consist of tree
roots found near by.
About the middle of August, Charles
r. Barney of Billings, Rufus II. Barney.
X. X. Hathaway and Charles b. Gray of
Vermont were with me at the Silver Globe
geyser. We spent several hours in this
basin, and over an hour at this favorite
geyser. We found that the time between
the eruptions was about g. and 10 min
utes. and that after the long period, or
third eruption, there arose two large
globes and six smaller ones, and that con
sequently every third eruption was a
double one. l was not satisfied that this
filled the required law IN such cases
While was intently watching the time
q al ,n1n Of NJ De,
had taken position at the north end of
the pool, and was intent on watching Il
sort of zigomatic arch, beneath which
there was an occasional agitation of the
water. An exclamation of surprise and
delight called me to his side, He had dis
covered the main crater of this geyser, out
of which arose silver globes of the same
size as those seen at the open pool. The
arch left them in shadow, and most of the
globes were ruptured and broken by COM
ing in contact with the crater walls and
the arched roof. Those of them that
reached the surface unbroken were very
beautiful, but bore no comparison to
those we had become familiar with. This
discovery removed all perplexity. There
was no exception to the rule that all
eruptlons are either duplex, or If more
than double, they are always In pairs
In fact, Mr.. Barney had discovered the
right hand, as it were, of this geyser
l.
hand or the attendant of the main out
let.
Here is an all-important fact; that a
good Park guide must never assume that
he knows all about the phenomenal Won
ders to which he introduces those under
his guidance, Every new visit reveals to
him some new phase. and every new
visitor is apt to aid him in his researches.
HAYNES WINTER EXPEDITION.
Professor F. Jay Haynes, of Fargo,
Dakota, has added a most important
chapter TO the history of the Yellowstone
National Park. He is the first artist who
had both the courage and endurance to
make the grand circuit of the Park in one
of the most severe winters that has been
known in the Rocky Mountains for sew
eral years. In 80 days he has succeeded
In placing his camera at the foot of the
great geysers, beneath the great falls in
the bottom of the Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone, in the steep snow covered
peaks of Mount Washburn, and carries
with him the winter aspects of geyser,
canyon and crag clothed in crystal drap.
cry so beautiful as to surpass, in the deli
cate frost work on tree, shrub and spire,
all that summer can produce when her
green mantle of leaf and moss and fern
and flower is spread over mountains and
valley.
On January 5th, Lieut.. Schwatka and
Professor Haynes started together. Lieut..
Tutherly in command at Camp Sheridan,
carried the whole party, baggage, tents
and toboggans, through Golden Gate as
far as Swan Lake, with the government
teams. The deep snow drifts rendered II
impossible for mules to go beyond Swan
Lake. The party, soon after parting with
the teams, found that the snow was too
soft to bear their own weight, let alone
the dragging of toboggans heavily loaded
The second day out satisfied Lieut..
Schwatka that tho snow of Alaska and
that of the National Park were unlike in
this that the former would bear up al
most any weight while the latter was not
only loose but continually drifting 50 that
they were also cOntendng with high
winds that swept the fallen and falling
snow into one tumultuous snow cloud
that necessarily revolved between earth
and sky, making 1t almost impossible 10
follow any direction. The trees, though
well blazed in summer, were wrapped in
a mantle of snow nearly collaborating all
the ordinary landmarks. The mountain
peaks were also invisible amid the drifts